I know this is WAY after the fact...
What are the best ways to promote oneself as a personal trainer/teacher?
I have a purple belt and would like to teach private lessons. I've done so in the past and got good feedback.
The only way you have any credibility is if you offer private lessons through your school... and even then I would call it tutoring. You have no business teaching for money if your not recognized as an instructor. Unless of course you want to make yourself a 10th Dan in Kungfoolery... and there are plenty of instructors who have declared themselves just that... 10th Dan or Grandmaster in their own "style". Maybe they are good... maybe not...
While belts don't mean much (how many belts or certifications did Bruce Lee have?)... it's what the masses (especially the ignorant ones... jk) go by to know you are a "certified" instructor. Heck, I think a black belt should be seperate from the authorization to teach an art. There are plenty of great fighters who really suck at teaching others.
23Ang had the best advice... go get rank or certification that can be recognized as 3rd party endorsement to teach. Or go kick alot of arse so no one will question you when you do teach (you laugh... but plenty of people have done just that too! lol)
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